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“10 Interesting Facts About Dreams”

Dreaming is one of the most mysterious experiences in our lives. They’re images, emotions, ideas, and unique sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during our sleeping hours. The purpose of dreaming isn’t really definitively understood though, but they have been an interesting topic of scientific speculation, as well religious and philosophical interest.

As surprising as it may seem, during the Roman Era, some were even submitted to the Roman Senate so that they could analyze, interpret, and translate these dreams. Back then they were thought to be messages from the gods.

1. You Forget 90% of Your Dreams

Dreams have been seen as a connection to our unconscious mind. Within five minutes of waking up, however, about half of your dream is already gone.

2. Everybody Dreams

Every single human being dreams, unless of course, you have some kind of psychological disorder. And if you sincerely think you’re not dreaming, or have had one before, then you’ve most likely have already forgotten.

3. Blind People Also Dream

It’s said that, people who became blind after birth, can actually see some images in their dreams. People who are born blind though do not see any images, but have dreams involving their other senses of sound, smell, emotion, and touch.

4. Not Everybody Dreams in Color

A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. The rest dream in full color. Studies from 1915 have maintained that the majority of dreams come in black and white, but results started to change around the 1960s. Today, only 4.4% of the dreams of under-25 year olds are in black and white.

Recent research has suggested that those changing results may have been connected to us switching from black and white to color-shown media.

5. We Only See Faces That We Know When Dreaming

Our brain doesn’t invent or make up faces. We’ve all seen thousands of faces throughout our life-time, so we naturally have an endless supply of characters for our mind to utilize.

6. Dreams are Symbolic

Symbols are the language of dreams. What you often see has a much more profound and deeper meaning than one would expect.

So whatever symbol your dream picks up on, it’s very unlikely to be a symbol for itself. It’s up to you to interpret.

7. Emotions Are Filled Inside Of Your Mind

The most common emotion experienced in dreams is anxiety. When it comes to dreaming, negative emotions tend to be more common than any positive ones.

8. You Can Have Four To Seven Dreams In One Night

On average you can dream ranging from one to two hours per night.

9. Animals Can Dream Too

Studies have been done on many different species, including animals, and they all show the same brain waves that occur in the human brain.

10.You Can Experience An Orgasm In Your Dream

One can also experience an orgasm as strong as a real one, just without any wetness. The sensations such as pleasure can run rampant while lucid dreaming.